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Lodric

Discussion of the name

A Continental Germanic masculine name such as Luderic or Liudric evidently lies behind the DB forms Ledric, Lodric, and Ludri. The last two spellings certainly represent the same name (von Feilitzen 1937: 321). Although Ledric ought to stand for a different name (von Feilitzen 1937: 309), it is likely that the Oxfordshire landowner of that spelling was identical with Lodric in Berkshire (Lodric 4), so that the same name must be involved. The letters e and o were readily confusable.

Whatever the underlying name, it is not otherwise recorded in PASE and it is something of a surprise to find even three landowners so called in 1066, each holding around 3–6 hides and relatively concentrated in central England.

Bibliography

von Feilitzen 1937: Olof von Feilitzen, The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book, Nomina Germanica 3 (Uppsala: Almqvist and Wiksells, 1937)

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Ledric, Lodric, Ludri

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Ledric (Ledric); OG Lud(e)ric (Lodric, Ludri)

  Phillimore edition: Ledric (Oxon.), Lodric (Berks.); Ludric (Herefs., Warws.)

  Alecto edition: Ledric (Oxon.), Ludric (Berks., Warws.), Luderic (Herefs.)

Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

Holder 1066

Shire	Phil. ref.	Vill	DB Spelling	Holder 1066	Lord 1066	Tenant-in-Chief 1086	1086 Subtenant	Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value	Conf.	Show on Map
Shire Berkshire	Phil. ref. 49,2	Vill Fulscot	DB Spelling Lodric	Holder 1066 Lodric 'of Fulscot'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger fitzSeffrid	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 3.00	1066 Value 2.00	1086 Value 4.00	Confidence C	Map
Shire Herefordshire	Phil. ref. 10,58	Vill Yazor	DB Spelling Ludri	Holder 1066 Lodric 'of Yazor'	Lord 1066 Ælfgar, earl	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Roger de Lacy	1086 Subtenant Robert de Boscherville	Fiscal Value 5.00	1066 Value 0.75	1086 Value 3.00	Confidence D	Map
Shire Oxfordshire	Phil. ref. 51,1	Vill Bispesdone	DB Spelling Ledric	Holder 1066 Lodric 'of Fulscot'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Osbern Giffard	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 2.50	1066 Value 2.50	1086 Value 2.50	Confidence C	Map
Shire Warwickshire	Phil. ref. 37,5	Vill Hillborough	DB Spelling Lodric	Holder 1066 Lodric 'of Hillborough'	Lord 1066 -	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Osbern fitzRichard	1086 Subtenant Hugh Hubald	Fiscal Value 3.50	1066 Value 2.00	1086 Value 2.00	Confidence D	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Lodric 2 - Lodric ‘of Yazor’ (Herefs.), thegn of Earl Ælfgar, fl. 1066
• Lodric 3 - Lodric ‘of Hillborough’ (Warws.), fl. 1066
• Lodric 4 - Lodric ‘of Fulscot’ (Berks.), fl. 1066